Happy Wednesday, everyone. And it’s a D.C. United Day as they take on Alianza FC in a friendly this evening at Audi Field. These Freedom Kicks are getting out a little late this morning (100% my bad), but because they are, we can lead with some morning breaking news:
After all of the talk of him leaving, Lionel Messi is staying at FC Barcelona. We don’t know the terms of the deal, but it sounds like he’s taking a stiff cut from his 4 year, more than €500 million contract he had. Perhaps they made a Bobby Bonilla contract for him.